The National Dirt Racing League ceases operations midway through its second year. (Motor Sports Talk)

BASEBALL

"He hanged it, I banged it." And that's how the poetic Edwin Encarnacion described his walkoff, game-winning homer for the Blue Jays against the Brewers. (AP)

Kim Ng -- who cut her baseball teeth in the Yankee and Dodger front offices, and currently is MLB's senior VP for baseball operations -- may soon make history: She's apparently being considered for the vacant Padres' general manager's position, which would make her the first female GM in any major American sport. (Hardball Talk)

The Steve Moore/Todd Bertuzzi civil case, which began in 2006, is finally approaching trial, and Moore attends a hearing for the first time since proceedings began. (Pro Hockey Talk)

Rick Jeanneret, who has been broadcasting Sabres games either on radio or television for 43 years, is diagnosed with throat cancer. But he says doctors tell him he has an 85 percent chance of recovery and has "every intention of coming back." (Pro Hockey Talk)

Sean Payton testified for the team in the grievance hearing, and some of his players apparently are none too happy about that. (Pro Football Talk)

The Bills are trying to make chicken salad out of Kiko Alonso's season-ending injury, as they hope rookie Preston Brown can step in and do what Alonso did in his first season last year. (Pro Football Talk)

John Henry's Liverpool club is nearing agreement on a deal that would send pariah Luis Suarez to Barcelona. (Pro Soccer Talk)

For the second time in a year in the United States, a referee in an amateur soccer league is killed by a player over a call. This time the victim was a 44-year-old father of two in Michigan. (Pro Soccer Talk)